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| Excavation and Cleaning along the East Side of the Great Drain, 1951 ... R. C. Wood ... There had been four major Byzantine dwelling units in the northern part of section Ε. Two of them had been removed during earlier campaigns. Excavations manage to establish the outline of the four houses, ... 9 Apr-7 Jul 1951 ... There had been four major Byzantine dwelling units in the northern part of section Ε. ... Excavations manage to establish the outline of the four houses, dating from the 10th to the 13th centuries A.D., before cleared away to expose Roman levels.
... Two monument bases that had stood along the west side of the Great Drain were found beneath the Byzantine debris. |
| Section ΜΜ
Summaries for 1936 ... Homer A. Thompson ... Three main ancient features were excavated within Section ΜΜ: the North Stoa, the South Building and the ancient East-West Street passing between the two buildings. After the destruction of the buildings, ... 10 Feb-25 May 1936 ... During Byzantine times, the area was covered with large buildings, presumably private houses. |
| Preliminary Report on the 1999 Excavation Season ... John McK. Camp II ... Most of the work this season was concentrated in the northern half of Section ΒΖ where the Byzantine levels were further explored. Street walls along both sides of the north-south road were revealed and ... 7 Jun-30 Jul 1999 ... Most of the work this season was concentrated in the northern half of Section ΒΖ where the Byzantine levels were further explored. Street walls along both sides of the north-south road were revealed and part of three houses were uncovered. Several built pithoi were found within the houses, representing impressive storage capacity. |
| Section Χ 1937 ... Margaret Crosby ... The area signified as Section Χ lays outside the Agora proper and no signs of any public buildings were found. The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. B.C. Apart ... 25 Jan-18 May 1937 ... The area seems to have been used for private houses from the end of the 6th c. ... No traces of walls of the Hellenistic period had survived but two wells and four cisterns show the existence of private houses in the area during this period.
... All traces of post classical habitation had been destroyed by the Turkish and modern houses, except for a Byzantine well. |
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Excavation Summary ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Excavations in Section ΛΛ revealed that the original contour of Kolonos Agoraios had been much sharper than in modern times. No traces of early graves were found in the area; first sign of habitation is ... 1 Feb-23 Jun 1937 ... The area was probably covered with houses of which five establishments were well preserved, several others less preserved.
In the early 3rd century the easternmost houses went out of use to leave space for the Hellenistic Building.
... In the Byzantine period blocks of houses were set over the whole area, and this settlement, when combined with those of ΜΜ and ΚΚ, present interesting material for the study of medieval Athens. |
| Section Υ: 1958 Excavation Report ... Dorothy Burr Thompson ... Two areas at the north foot of the Areopagus were uncovered. The first area did not yield much of interest due to modern disturbances. Excavations of a well, three pits and a water channel produced however ... 3 Mar-3 May 1958 ... Scanty remains of some houses were excavated: the South House, the North House, and the Southeast Houses (I and II) which was a complex of ten rooms. The investigation led to the conclusions that the houses were laid out on a city grid system with alleys dividing them, drains were constructed under the houses, and wells provided drinking water. They were modest houses and built approximately at the same time, probably shortly after 479 B.C. |
| Agora Excavations Preliminary Report - Summer 2014 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations in 2014 were carried out in three sections: ΒΘ, ΒΓ and ΒΖ.
In Section ΒΘ, overlying the Painted Stoa, the Byzantine houses of the 11th century A.D. were further exposed in the western part ... 9 Jun-1 Aug 2014 ... In Section ΒΘ, overlying the Painted Stoa, the Byzantine houses of the 11th century A.D. were further exposed in the western part and two more pithoi were found. The eastern half was dug deeper; a pithos discovered at a lower level suggests an earlier phase of the Byzantine settlement. |
| Athenian Agora
Excavation Summary for 2021 ... John McK. Camp II ... Excavations continued in sections ΒΖ and ΒΘ in and under the Classical Commercial Building, the Painted Stoa, and the orthostate enclosure suggested to be the Leokoreion.
In section ΒΖ the goal was to ... 14 Jun-6 Aug 2021 ... In section ΒΖ the goal was to find out more about the later Archaic remains, perhaps houses or shops, underlying the Classical building. ... In Section ΒΘ West, two trenches were opened to examine part of the floor of the Stoa Poikile beneath the late Byzantine houses. In the western trench, fragments of a Roman inscription were found. |
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